"I am absolutely not a materialistic person. I have no
interest in cars, houses and clothes. So my most prized possession would be my
voice."- Rob Halford, Powerplay, July 2002

"I'd rather see someone who ran about and got the crowd
involved in having a good time than spent the whole gig standing around being
note perfect. Someone who fucks up just a little bit is much more fun to see."
- Rob Halford

"I do not often listen to my own music; I get
bored. When I say bored, I mean all I want to do is write new songs all the
time. So once its done, I'm ready to do more."
- Rob Halford, online chat,
August 16, 2003

"My middle names are John Arthur-Metalicus."- Rob Halford, live chat, April 30, 1995

Born Robert John Arthur Halford on August 25, 1951 in his aunt's house in
Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England (the same county from which William
Shakespeare was birthed) and raised in Walsall, England. So how do Mr. and
Mrs. Halford feel about having given birth to "The Metal God"?

Walsall, borough, metropolitan county of West Midlands, central England, is
an industrial center known for its manufacture of leather goods, coal mines, limestone quarries
and steel foundries. During the Middle Ages it was a
major market center and the leatherworking industry became prominent in the 17th
century:

"...a steel, coal mining, heavy engineering kind of
environment, a very extreme, industrial kind of place. It's also the leather
capital of the U.K., which I didn't realize until my later years at school.
Leather for horse saddles and other horse-riding gear, for example. It seems
almost Spinal Tap-esque that I come from a place of metal and leather."
- Rob Halford,
Mobile Entertainment, June, 2002

Major vocal influences are Frank Sinatra, David Byron of Uriah
Heep and Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant

Biggest fears are heights and spiders, according to a Metal
Edge Q & A

Favorite Judas Priest album:

"There are at least four significant ones.
Sad Wings of Destiny,
British
Steel, Screaming for Vengeance
and Painkiller.
Screaming for Vengeance was Priest's
first big multi-platinum album, and it had a special tone, sound and
feel. At that moment, after being together for so many years, we had found
a groove. That's what happens with bands that have made many releases
together."- Rob Halford,
Mobile Entertainment, June 2002

Possessing
an incredible five-octave vocal range (Rob Halford is said to have hit 1610 Hz
in a 1975 performance), all without using falsetto, the fans
started calling Rob Halford the Metal God during the PAINKILLER era, and around the time of Fight, the press were hailing him "the metal god with the golden scream"!

"Rob
has like - I've counted them - something like sixteen different voices, man."- Roy Z, Producer and guitarist for Halford, 2002

"Rob Halford is an
incredible talent. He takes his craft very seriously and he is truly
passionate about what he does. He is also the loudest singer I have ever
heard in my entire career. When he sings it rattles my bones. During the
Halford tour, we once had a problem with the PA system during soundcheck.
Rob sang two blistering songs without a microphone or PA while the band
was playing at concert volume and his voice still cut thru!"- Roy Z.,
Ferrante's Power Equipment,
May 12, 2005

"I've never sung in
falsetto. Falsetto is a soft version of the high range. It's like faking a
high and I've never done that. All of my highs are pure and intense in the
octave that I am performing them in. When Phil Anselmo said to me, 'You
never sang falsetto -others do but you don't, bro.' - that's a
compliment."- Rob Halford, Metal Maniacs, May 2005

"It was kind of bestowed upon me by all the metal fans that have supported
me over the years. It's a cool nickname to have."
- Rob Halford, Kerrang!, February 2001

"Being called a 'metal god' is nice
— Elvis was only the King!
When I look back at what I've been part
of, it's very satisfying. But life's a continuing process."- Rob
Halford, A SMALL DEADLY SPACE Press Kit, 1995

And while "The Metal God" has been Rob's
nickname for over a decade, it recently became an official trademark of
Rob's when plans for a movie by the same title were announced. Rob's lawyers took legal
rights to the title to protect his status with the fans and then warned the
movie's producers of impending legal action if they carried through with their
title. Instead, the movie was retitled and released as
Rock Star.

But according to the film's producers, the
title was changed because they wanted it to have a wider appeal to the public,
thinking "Rock Star" would be a bigger draw than a title with "Metal" in it.
So they say the title change has nothing to do over any legal threats from
Rob's camp.

By the way, Rob says he enjoyed the movie
Rock Star as much as the audiences did:

"It's a real laugh. The journalists
that have asked me about this in America are all bent out of shape; they
were expecting something real and substantial; and like a lot of things
out of Hollywood, it's just fantasy. I think the reaction to the movie is
quite affectionate because it shows just how much they think about the
whole incident - me leaving this incredible metal band, then somebody
replacing me. People were expecting more of a reality based movie."- Rob Halford, Powerplay, July 2002

An international dweller, Rob keeps an apartment in
Amsterdam, Holland and frequents a small home back in Walsall, England near
family and friends where he was raised. He also has a few more homes around
the world:

"Rob enjoys each of his six residences around the world. Rob lives in
Los Angeles, Phoenix, Birmingham and London, Amsterdam, and he has a
place in Spain."- John Baxter, live chat, April 30, 1995

"I’m lucky enough to be able to have traveled the world so many times
and as a Brit, I have an affinity with those parts of the world. I love
the city of Amsterdam for lots of different reasons. It’s a very cool
place to hang out in and it’s what I feel is a very human environment
because there is a tremendous amount of liberal thinking over there. I
think that’s why it’s a big attraction to a lot of people, especially
people in the music business. And who wouldn’t want to hang out in
Southern California? It’s gorgeous down here. I just enjoy the American
lifestyle, although I have differing views and opinions that go on down
here with current administration policies. You try not to let that
interfere with your life."- Rob Halford,
Exclaim, March 1, 2005

Rob does not have U.S. citizenship
and he maintains homes outside of the country for tax purposes, though he
did find himself in trouble with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service not too
long ago:

Rob in tax trouble?

THE INFORMER

His Next Hit: "Taxing Machine"

The Internal Revenue Service wants
$567,813 in back taxes from British
heavy-metal rocker Rob Halford, 49, former lead singer of Judas Priest.
In a U.S. Tax Court lawsuit, Halford admits spending most of 1994 to
1997 in the U.S., but says he maintained a home in Walsall, England,
and under a U.S.-UK tax treaty, he wasn't a U.S. resident for tax purposes.
His 1994 U.S. return declared a $2,213 loss; the IRS says he really
made $845,985. Halford, famously controversial for suggestive albums
like Killing Machine, now tours the U.S. with a new group modestly
named after himself."
--Janet Novack, Forbes, Vol. 168 Issue 1, p.26, July 9, 2001

Rob to the IRS: "The piano stays - you can't take my music!"

And while he does not have US citizenship, he does
have a couple of homes in the States:

"My home base is San Diego, even though I still have
a big house in Phoenix. And I've got my house in England and my apartment in
Amsterdam, so I'm all over the place really. But San Diego is a really cool,
eclectic, bohemian city that I love to spend time in. My roots of operation, the
core of my business, is in England, but I don't spend that much time there,
mate, because I have an American band."
- Rob Halford,
Mobile Entertainment, June 2002

On Judas Priest's first tour of
the United States in 1979, one city caught Rob's attention with its
western charm and desert plains: Phoenix, Arizona would become a
favorite Stateside hangout for Rob, who would spend many wild nights,
hot and crazy days on the Valley Of The Sun's local heavy metal scene,
as he took one of it's bands, Surgical
Steel under his wings.

"I just like to hang out in rock 'n' roll clubs! I find
the daytime very boring and as soon as the sun goes down, you'll find me in a bar
watching bands. I love to check out new groups... I love Britain, but America
just happens to appeal to me as a musician."
-
Rob Halford, Heavy Duty official biography, 1984

One night in 1981, Rob made a guest appearance with Surgical
Steel for a couple of Priest numbers and laid a special announcement on those in
attendance: not only did he love the people of Phoenix, he loved the city so
much that he was going to make it his home! Rob officially
made the Arizona desert his new home:

"One of the great things in rock
'n' roll
when you start to travel is you get to come to some incredible places, and when
I first came out to Phoenix, which I think was around '79, it just blew me away,
because look: you got cactuses - got cowboys and Indians walking around the
streets. It just... for a kid growing up in the Midland regions of England and
watching the old Western programs and what I view on television, and to actually
come and see this place and physically experience it - it really does
exist - it just fascinated me; so off and on during the return visits to this
part of the world, I became more and more attached and made a lot of friends
here. So I kinda made semi-permanent roots here since I bought this home about two
years ago...Home is still England folks! Home is still
the hometown of Walsall, which is that side of Birmingham in the Midlands
region...So it's maybe two or three months in
America and most of the time back home in England or in southern Spain, so it's
like three different places basically that you find Priest working out of as far
as recreation and "work" goes..."- Rob Halford, Hard 'N' Heavy broadcast, 1990

A rare look inside
the Phoenix abode,
circa 1989...

Rob chats on the phone by the pool...

Aerial view 2002

Detailed
information is made public at the Maricopa County Assessor web site. The results for Rob Halford's
Phoenix home are found
here.

Rob formed two bands in Phoenix, the hardcore Fight in the mid '90s and the
experimental Two in the later half of the decade. But in 1999,
Rob had a "resurrection", returning to his metal roots with his namesake
Halford. To get back to the street level connection with the fans
and the music, Rob moved his U.S. residency from his mansion in Phoenix to an
apartment on 6th Avenue in the Hillcrest suburb of San Diego, California's Balboa Park district
(actually about two blocks from the Park Manor Hotel where the band worked on writing
Crucible
in Room 303 - hence the title of the opening track.

"San Diego is now home base for me, like a lot of Britains living here.
I still have a home in the UK, and I'll be heading out there to see
friends and family for the holidays. I've been in this apartment for
three years, and it was a good thing for me to do. This newest band is
a metal group, and I moved from Phoenix, where I lived for many years.
It took me from the house on the hill and got me back on the streets,
here on the corner of Sixth Avenue. Practically every day you'll find
me walking around Hillcrest, going up for lunch and dinner, and the
coffee shops, and so forth."
- Rob Halford, San Diego Reader,
January 2002

"I'm from the James Hetfield 'Where I
lay my head' mindset. But quite honestly, I'm very content spending time here
in America. I live in San Diego."- Rob Halford, Metal Edge 'Roundup', November 2000

"One of the reasons I moved to San Diego
was because I was sick and tired of driving around Phoenix all the time. I
couldn't go anywhere without getting in the car."
- Rob Halford, Mobile
Entertainment, June 2002

Rob says the hot temperatures of Phoenix forced him to stay in
an air-conditioned car when he needed to get around, whereas in San Diego, he is
able to keep in shape by going for walks in the cooler air and quiet
neighborhood. And although Rob resides in San Diego, he still
maintains the Phoenix "house on the hill", where he returns for
writing sessions and rehearsals:

"My house is full of cassettes and records. I have an
important collection of bootlegs. I have hours and hours of video and audio
recordings. I've filmed all the Priest and
Fight rehearsals. I collect everything."- Rob Halford, Hard Rock magazine, June 2000

"In fact, I have hundreds of songs back in Phoenix,
Arizona I have written over the years..."- Rob Halford, Online chat November 16, 2002

"Judas Priest are gonna have like
three months of solid writing together. We'll split it between the US, UK and
Spain... Ken and Glenn know I'm over here in San Diego - it may be San Diego,
it may be Phoenix, we haven't really come to that point yet..."- Rob Halford, BW&BK, October 2003

Rob's sister Sue was once married to Ian
Hill and Rob's younger brother Nigel was the drummer for Voodoo Sioux, famous for their
'Peyote Trance' demo. The Voodoo Sioux album S.K.R.A.P.E. was released in 1995.

Sue Halford 2001

Nigel Halford 2002

Nigel Halford on drums 2002

Voodoo Sioux's first gig was held at a local school charity show were
the main event was an auction-off of Judas Priest memorabilia, conducted by
Sue and Nigel for a worthy cause! Nigel now plays in the classic rock covers band
Tranzam.

"When my last band 'Voodoo Sioux' broke up in the late 90's I didn't play for
a while but I guess it's in my blood! So I ended up playing classic rock
covers with Tranzam. Our current set includes tracks by Van Halen, Whitesnake,
Thin Lizzy, Journey, Pink Floyd, Queen, Judas Priest! Etc... We will never
'set the world alight' but it's great fun and we enjoy it - that's the main
thing!"
Nigel Halford, via email, June 2003

"Hey
guys, all the best from the Metal God. Looking forward to jammin' "Breaking
The Law" with you someday. Keep it turned up loud! Cheers, Rob."- Rob Halford, Tranzam Guestbook, September 7, 2003

Young Rob with mom, dad, and sister Sue

Rob and sister Sue in their youth

Rob with mom and dad at their 50th wedding
anniversary 2002

As for raising a family of his own:

"It's possible. My brother has a new
baby girl. We do need a boy to carry on the 'Halford' name! I think if I did,
I would make one as opposed to the other way around...figure that out."- Rob Halford, online chat, November 16, 2002

Like the other guys in Priest, Rob loves
his cars as well as his bike:

"My current ride is a 1996 metallic-burgundy Chevy Impala SS with
a stock audio system. They don't make that model anymore. When I was in
Phoenix, I had a Chevy Suburban with about $10,000 worth of car-stereo
equipment in it. It was so fuckin' loud and clean and pure that I couldn't
even think! I'm a car nut, and have spent millions of dollars on them. I've
had Lotus Turbo Esprits, Aston Martins, Jaguars, Jensens, and high-end Fords —
race-track vehicles that were street legal. I'm also a Chevy freak. But I seem
to have simplified my life in recent years, so, right now, I just have the
Chevy Impala SS. I'm looking at maybe getting a new Cadillac CTS, which is a
beautiful car. For now, I just like a big, roomy car. I like to sit back, sink
into the seat, turn up the stereo, and get lost in the moment while driving."- Rob Halford,
Mobile Entertainment, June 2002

"I'm still riding the 1981
Harley Davidson low rider that I used on stage with Judas Priest."- Rob Halford,
USA Today, April 11, 2001

And Rob's favorite song to listen to while
driving?

" 'Turbo Lover' from Judas Priest's
Turbo is a great driving song. It was written in regard to
the twin turbos in Porsches. Also, 'Heading Out to the Highway,' 'Freewheel
Burning,' 'Hell Bent For Leather,' and other great Priest songs were kind of
inspired by getting behind the wheel."- Rob Halford,
Mobile Entertainment, June 2002

"I think now, as far as image and
identity are concerned, we've got the whole thing down pat and it's pretty
solid. I don't think we'll ever really deviate to any degree from our physical
presentation because you know how important it is to maintain a certain level
of imagery, so that when people think of Rob Halford, or whomever else in the
band, they instantly paint a mental picture of the way you are rather than
just your music. They remember the whips and the motorbikes. The whole process
of imagery now, I think, is important or even more important than it has been
in the past. I think the identity side of it is crucial to a certain extent.
Bands don't get anywhere if they're faceless. You can have the greatest
sounding album in the world, but if people can't relate to an individual or to
the group as a whole in their appearance, then the band isn't really getting
anywhere."- Rob Halford, Heavy Metal Times, November 1982

"I used to go to my local S&M-shop in London. You
know, I've always been a bit of a sado-masochist - I like pain. That's
why I've got all these tattoos now. I'm always looking for new areas of
pain and darkness. But. you know, when we first began, heavy metal didn't
have an image or a look. And we didn't either. If
you look at some of the early pictures of Judas Priest, we're dressed
in silk and lace shirts and that kind of stuff. But I always felt as
though that wasn't really the true representation. When you're playing
real hard, bludgeoning power-chords and blood-curdling riffs, you wanna
look as though you're doing it!
"It's like going to
see Hamlet and the guy just stands there in his underwear! It's just not
the same; you gotta wear the clothes! You want to make an image that works
with the music, so I took a lot of ideas from sex-shops with whips and
chains and all that kind of stuff, and slowly started to develop it into
the show, and it became more and more empowering, and that's the way the
look should work with the music."- Rob Halford,
Radio
MCB, February 2, 1991

From Mr. S in London to
Eat Leather in San
Diego, The Metal God has chosen his leather armor from around the world...

Rob models a tunic and a jacket from Eat Leather

But since the return to metal with his own band Halford,
Rob has been working with Agatha Blois, and some of the outfits are quite up
there...

"You looked at yourself before you went on stage, to
make all this noise and create all this energy. You'd be in the leather and
studs and chains and whips and handcuffs and everything else - and that's metal!
We definitely set the tone." - Rob Halford,
Telegraph, March 19, 2005

Thark (1966) No known recordings
exist.
Abraxis (1967) No known recordings
exist.
Athens Wood (1970 ) No known recordings exist.
Lord Lucifer (1971) No known recordings
exist.
Hiroshima (1972 -1973) A few demos possibly exist, but have nothing has reached the bootleg
market.

During his youth, Rob also took on several odd jobs before getting settled
into a career in rock 'n' roll:

"I used to work in a clothing store and a porno shop. I was also a stage
lighting engineer."- Rob Halford

In fact, the porn shop clerk experience came into play again recently as Rob
was given a cameo as a Santa Monica, California porn shop clerk in the film
SPUN:

"When I had my audition, director Jonas Akerlund
said, 'As soon as I saw this bit about the porno clerk, I thought of you.'
And I said, 'That's crazy, because before I joined Priest, I actually was
a porno clerk.' When I told him, he practically fell off his chair! "When we were shooting the scene on location in the porno shop,
staring actor Mickey Rourke actually
told me that he worked at this same shop in his early acting career. I was like,
'Is this fate? Is this destiny?' "- Rob Halford

This Is Spinal Tap remains a film
favorite of Rob's for it's too true-to-life satirical portrayal of the heavy
metal genre:

"I think every band has a Spinal Tap DVD in their tour bus
collection..."- Rob Halford, VH1 I Love The '80s, 2003

And what about a future career in acting?

"I see myself in
The Sound Of Music actually - you know, doing that twirling
bit at the start that Julie Andrews used to do with the helicopter shot. That's
me: The hills are alive with the sound of the Metal God!"- Rob Halford, Nardwuar, 2000

"I tinkled around on the piano with my dad as a kid, but if I had stuck to
it, I probably wouldn't be doing what I'm doing now... I do like to play
though. I bought a guitar just before Christmas - a Gibson SG. I believe
it's a Standard, and I really got into it for a short time and then left
it home. I wish I had it now. If I don't bring it on the road it'll sit
under my bed the whole time. At least I could be learning..."
- Rob Halford, Sounds, February 11, 1978

"I'm a frustrated
guitar player. I always have been, and I don't have the patience to learn
how to play. But I just love to be in a room with guitar players while
they're riffing away, and that's how we wrote the music for RESURRECTION
and CRUCIBLE. It was me and Pat Lachman and Mike Chlasciak together, just
making noise and jamming.
"I just love the sound of the guitar and what it's able
to do, and I just find it a very inspiring instrument as a writer. Like I
can pick up on a riff that Pat or Mike might have been jamming and make a
suggestion or an idea as to where it might go next, or how it could be
kind of inverted or something. That's my impetus. That's where my writing
ideas come from.
"And then, when the song is created musically, then
it's into the next step of trying to find the right vocal melodies, and
then after that, it's the words that you find, the lyrics that you look
for. So it's a three-step process for me. But, initially, my biggest kick
is sitting down with guitar players."- Rob Halford,
BayInsider, June 3, 2003

"I can
also play
bass, keyboards, and drums - all very badly - just enough to help me compose".- Rob Halford, SonicNet chat, April 1, 1998

"I can physically play the guitar and
get the essential guts of the idea across. I can crank out an idea in terms of
conveying a creative message. I wrote the
War of Words record, the first
album by Fight. I'm told by guitar players that I should go onstage and play,
because I'm a pretty solid rhythm guitarist. But I'd get all my fingers mixed
up and get really embarrassed, so I won't play onstage. I'm guitar-shy."
- Rob Halford,
Mobile Entertainment, June 2002

Rob dabbles with multi-instruments, playing harmonica
on "Rocka Rolla" and "Cheater" on Priest's debut album and guitar on Fight's

Rob on acoustic guitar in the studio during the
Crucible sessions via webcam

Rob once owned a now defunct entertainment
magazine in the late '80s out of Tempe, Arizona called
Where It's Hot that
dealt with the local music and arts scene, as well as national entertainment
news and interviews.

Rob holding up an issue of Where
It's Hot

Rob also wrote a novel in 1979 that was never published
titled Library Of Tears. Skid Row's Sebastian Bach brought it up in his
interview with Rob on VH1's Forever Wild:

"The only part that got cut from the show that bummed me out was where I
asked Rob about the book he wrote back in 1979. He told me it was called
Library of Tears, and the plot was something like some sick guy that collected
people's tears and sorrow in jars and lived off their misery (or something like
that)... Sounded pretty interesting and I sure would love a copy of the book!"- Sebastian Bach, Sebastianbach.com,
January 28, 2002 update

"Well the 'Tears' book goes way back. It's a long story, but
I knew some writers in the UK in the mid '70s, one of which was a witch, a white
witch. She encouraged me to write this book, [so] I did. She read it and enjoyed
it, but that's as far as it went, and over time I seem to have misplaced it.
However, when I go home to the UK over the holidays, I have a couple places to
search so we shall see..."- Rob Halford, online chat, November 16,
2002

"I looked when I was back in the UK but didn't have time for a full search. It's
around someplace."- Rob Halford, online chat, August 16, 2003

And plans are also underway for a future autobiography from the Metal God:

"I want to write
an autobiography. I've been talking about it for years and years. I'm
just trying to find the right person to sit down and put it together with.
I don't want it to be like a ghost written book, where someone pretends to
be you. I was talking to Lemmy a few weeks ago and he said, 'Why not do
what I do: sit on a couch and just talk into a tape machine with somebody
throwing these bullet point questions at you?' I asked how long he's been
doing that. It's been months and months, but now he's got enough to go
because it's reality based instead of somebody pretending to be in your
world - it's coming directly from you. I think it would be interesting to
read. I need to get all this information out before it disappears. Old
age, you know?"- Rob Halford, Powerplay, July 2002

"...I
think it's a very kind of natural thing for people to do...after having spent
such an incredible amount of time doing this wonderful metal music for the
past 30 odd years, I've got a wealth of stories and information to share with
people around the world and I've been trying to get this off the ground for a
couple of years, and eventually it will happen....yeah, it'll just be 'The
Life of the Metal God', and I think it's
going to be great. I mean, as I said, this has been a terrific journey for me
to make.
I've met so many incredible people, from the wonderfully talented musicians
that I've played with to the great people in other bands, and obviously guys
like Bob (Coburn, host of Rockline) and everyone out there in 'radio world'
that have meant a lot to me and 'video world' - MTV and VH-1 - but at the top
of the list is the fans, 'cuz it's you guys that have made it all
happen for me.
So, I'll do it, y' know. Bear with me and it will show up in your local
bookstore." - Rob Halford, Rockline, July 22, 2002

"Here
we are on the AGAINST THE LAW tour, and Rob Halford just shows up at the gig. We
didn’t rehearse it; it was absolutely spontaneous. He walked backstage and said,
'Let’s do a song; what would you like to do?' We said 'Breaking The Law',
because that was just perfect for the night. So, we got up and did it and it was
amazing. Someone actually filmed it; I’ve got it on videotape and it sounds
incredible. It sounds like a heavier version of Judas Priest.
"No one knew it was going to happen, and for us it was
like…wow. We finally got to pay homage to someone we really looked up to. That
was the one thing about Stryper that’s always made me a little sad; I think a
lot of people got the wrong message. They kind of looked at us as wanting to
stay away from people in the rock and metal industry, like Halford, but that’s
not what we wanted to do at all. So, it was wonderful being on stage with him."- Robert Sweet,
Bravewords, August 20, 2004

"On March 12, 1995, Anthrax played the Board AID Kick-Off to benefit LIFEbeat at
The Palladium in Los Angeles. Anthrax preceded Helmet, the headliners. Wax and
the Bosstones were the opening acts. Anthrax introduced some new songs there and
had a special guest, Rob Halford formerly of Judas Priest and Fight. Scott Ian
has actually known two people who have died from AIDS, for which the show was a
benefit."-
Metal Storm

Gimp/Two - Live June 22, 1996 New York, New York - "N.I.B."
and "Paranoid"
Tony Iommi - In mid 1996 it appeared that Tony Iommi was once more
working with vocalist Rob Halford for an album project, although the
former Judas Priest vocalist still had commitments to his new industrial
project Two. These sessions were subsequently put on ice and Iommi began
recording solo material with his old ally Glenn Hughes and former
Trapeze and Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland for a projected solo
album. Before this project was finalized however, and from out of the
blue, Black Sabbath, with it’s classic line up, relented to fan pressure
and reunited.
Pansy Division - Live July 25-26, 1997, San Diego Gay Pride Festival,
Marston Point, Balboa Park, San Diego, California, - "Breaking The Law"

"There was a baseball
event that I was a part of with the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team at the Bank
One Ballpark. It opened some years ago and I sang the 'National Anthem' there
with Dave Mustaine, Alice Cooper, Nils Lofgren, and a bunch of other local
talents and that was a really cool special event. But that's my only association
with baseball 'cause still after all these years, I look at a baseball game
and I go, 'What is that guy doing over there, and why's he running over
there...' I'm still confused as all hell when it comes to baseball."- Rob Halford,
Nardwuar,
September 20, 2000

"I thought that was just so very cool of Sum 41 to do
that. You can't really say anything more than a big thank you to
them for the opportunity, because it was wonderful. If you go deep into it, it
was a very meaningful thing to do."- Rob Halford,
Launch, July 23, 2002

Black Sabbath - Rob fills in for an ill Ozzy during
this Ozzfest stop in Camden, NJ on August 26, 2004. It is the first time
Rob performs with the all-original members! Entire Ozzfest set.

And just who is Rob's favorite tribute band?

"Nudist Priest! I never saw them , but my former
guitarist Pat Lachman did at a club in Los Angeles, and they played naked. My
main questions were: 'What was the singer like and how big was his unit?' "- Rob Halford, Spin, June 2004

"Pat saw that band and got me a T-shirt. I appear
to be bigger than the singer... Any band that tributes you is fun and I'm
grateful!"- Rob Halford,
chat, November 16, 2002

Rob wears his gift from Pat
with pride... and the band wear their instruments...